[opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date

[Boy Lane]

Thanks Tayra. You said it in other words but that is exactly what I wrote. I 
can not make a 3rd party viewer that is not violating either TPV or GPL and 
the same time can *legally* connect to the SecondLife grid..

That leaves 2 options:
1) Develop a GPL viewer based in LL's sources that can not follow TPV as per 
applicable licensing and can not therefore not connect to SL at all; or
2) Develop an non-GPL viewer independent from LL's sources that follows 
TPV's restrictions and is therefore allowed to connect to SL

Simple as that.

As I wrote that would mean the end of *ALL* current 3rd party SL viewers 
other than Naali or from scratched progammed text clients.

Boy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tayra Dagostino" <tayra.dagostino at gmail.com>
To: "Boy Lane" <boy.lane at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Joe Linden" <joe at lindenlab.com>; <opensource-dev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Third party viewer policy: commencement date


> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:01:02 +0800
> "Boy Lane" <boy.lane at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> But worse than this, the updated TPV policy does not allow *anyone*
>> to comply with that policy.The policy is legally and technically
>> flawed. It's impossible to comply and not violate either LL's policy
>> itself or licensing terms (GPL). As a developer I can also not be
>> compliant as LL forces me to carry a legal burden LL themselves
>> disclaimed, and which the GPL explicitly excludes as "no warranty"
>> and "limited liability". You can read that in every source code file.
>> Just a couple of paragraphs that are in direct conflict with each
>> other:
>
> GPL is about source of viewer, and is accomplished
>
> TPV is a part of term of use for external developer, you can use source
> in GPL way without any restriction, but if you want connect your viewer
> to LL grid (LL isn't a software, is a real company) there are some
> rules, nobody disallow you to modify, patch or distribute a
> fork/modified viewer in GPL license.
>
> TPV is a restriction for LL grid and services, not about sources